Body Sherd

MS4637.92

From: Greece | Crete | Gournia

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS4637.92
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Minoan
Provenience Greece | Crete | Gournia
Period Late Minoan I
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Body-sherd from a closed vessel. Fine, reddish yellow (5YR 7/6) clay, with decoration in reddish yellow paint. Wiped with water and burnished. Interior unpainted. Running spirals with solid centers. Surface eroded. A common motif.

Height 5.2 cm
Length 7.9 cm
Width 0.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); H. B. Hawes, 1904

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